natural resources & economic activities
transportation
inland water
issues in dev
prospects
raw material for industry & conditions/factors
from surface
water
solutions
ground water
water stress
regions
reasons
energy
minerals (from earth's crust)
metallic
non-metallic
ferrous
non-ferrous
tin
zinc
uranium
others
diamond
mica
limestone
gold
silver
covered in eco
micro-watershed dev projects
agriculture
resources
covered in agri notes
water harvesting
raw material for industry + energy + conditions/factors
for daily use - non energy & non industrial
water
food
iron
types of ores
haematite
limonite
siderite
magnetite
upto 72% iron
karnataka (73%) > AP (14%) > TN (5%) > raj (5%)
iodestone - magnetised content in magnetite ore
Fe3O4
Fe2O3
60-70%
most abundant in i among 4
40-60%
open cast mines
damuda series in raniganj coal field (WB), garhwal region, mirzapur (UP), kangra valley (HP)
FeCO3
< 40%
generally economically unviable
self-fluxing(cleaning) due to presence of lime
magnetic qualities
manganese
copper
bauxite
graphite
fuel minerals
coal,petroleum, NG..
covered in eco
means - have iron content
characteristics
uneven distribution
inverse relation b/w quantity & quality
exhaustive over time
chromite
use in - metallurgic industry
factors making location of industries(ir) near them
(near) raw material (ir)
perishable
weight-loosing
wood (- pulp ir)
iron ore & coal (- cooper smelting & pig iron ir)
sugarcane (- sugarmills)
power
aluminium ir
synthetic nitrogen manufacturing ir
they are power intensive ir
(near) market (ir)
heavy machine
machine tools
heavy chemicals
cotton textile in urban areas
petroleum refineries - ports also imp for their location
transport
rail routes
nodal points for transport links - delhi, mumbai kolkata, chennai
labour
historical factors
mushidabad, surat, mysuru etc - ccolonisation followed by industrial dev